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MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 05, 2007

FIXED INCOME NOV 05, 2007
November U.S. bonds top $100 billion

Issuance of U.S. investment grade bonds is expected to reach $100 billion this month, according to Dealogic.

FIXED INCOME NOV 05, 2007
Supremes weigh muni-bond taxation

The Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case that could affect the way states tax other states’ bonds.

ALTERNATIVES NOV 05, 2007
Hedge funds next target of plaintiff's bar?

The collapse of some hedge funds may be turning into the next cause celebre for plaintiff's attorneys who file arbitration claims on behalf of investors looking to recoup losses.

ETFS NOV 05, 2007
Capital gains looming once again

Mutual fund investors will learn the hard way at the end of this year that you can never keep the tax man away for long.

ETFS NOV 05, 2007
ProShare Advisors to offer 48 leveraged ETFs

In a move criticized by some industry experts, ProShare Advisors LLC plans to introduce 48 exchange traded funds that use leverage to provide short or magnified exposure to commodities and currencies.

MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 05, 2007
New series of indexes track top actively managed funds

A Massachusetts investment advisory firm has launched a series of indexes based on actively managed mutual funds.

ALTERNATIVES NOV 05, 2007
CFTC asks Congress to give it more clout

Federal commodities regulators want new powers to police energy derivative trades of the sort that contributed to the collapse of Greenwich, Conn.-based Amaranth Advisors LLC last year.

MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 05, 2007
Funds with redemption fees can't be QDIAs

Mutual funds that charge redemption fees will not qualify as default investments under the Department of Labor's recently announced final rules.

ALTERNATIVES NOV 05, 2007
SEC looks to allow tombstone ads for private offerings

A Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to modernize regulation of private securities offerings has generated concerns from state regulators and some industry interests that it would blur the line between public and private deals.

RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 05, 2007
Funds, 401(k) service providers differ on fee breakdown

The mutual fund industry and independent 401(k) service providers squared off last week before the House Ways and Means Committee over whether fees for various 401(k) services should be broken down in disclosures to employers.

ALTERNATIVES NOV 02, 2007
Merrill said to hide losses behind hedges

Sources say the firm has been asking hedge funds to take on mortgage-related securities.

ETFS NOV 01, 2007
ETFs assets grow 3.8% in October

It was the ETF Insider's index of the top 50 exchange traded funds' second-strongest month this year.

FIXED INCOME NOV 01, 2007
Bonds sales up 31% since Oct. '06

The bond market is recovering from the credit crisis, with $41.4 billion bonds sold in October.

ETFS OCT 29, 2007
WisdomTree yields new ETF

Tomorrow, WisdomTree Trust will debut an ETF offering exposure to small-cap stocks in emerging markets.

RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 29, 2007
QDIA rules expected to have widespread ramifications

The new regulations from the Department of Labor covering qualified default investment alternatives will have widespread ramifications for both financial advisers and insurance companies.

ALTERNATIVES OCT 29, 2007
Move to register hedge funds could spur relocations

California's proposal to register hedge funds could drive much of the industry out of the state, experts say.

MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 29, 2007
Younger boomers off the radar screen

Mutual fund companies catering to the first wave of baby boomers, now nearing retirement, may be neglecting younger boomers who have many more years of work still ahead of them.

ETFS OCT 29, 2007
Most investors can't distinguish ETFs from mutual funds

Exchange traded funds are becoming a must-have for individual investors, but few of them know exactly what they are, how they work or what makes them different from their mutual fund cousins, advisers observed.

MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 29, 2007
Brokers' fund choices are limited for reasons of compliance, report says

Brokerage firm advisers are offering investors fewer mutual funds because the compliance burden of putting clients into new funds are too onerous, according to a report by Westwood, Mass.-based Hobson & Co.